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Port Moresby, PNG — The United States will join Australia in expanding the Lombrum Naval Base on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.
US vice-president Mike Pence made the announcement today at the APEC leader's summit in PNG's capital Port Moresby.
Mr Pence, who is representing his country at APEC in...

Apia, SAMOA — ‘First and worst’ is how environmental campaigners describe the impact of climate change on the people of Samoa in the South Pacific. The Polynesian nation of 200,000 people fears it will feel the full force of more frequent tropical cyclones, and that rising sea levels will drive...

WASHINGTON – Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, this week announced $1,632,500 to assist the people of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) as they work to rebuild the U.S. territory following Super Typhoon Yutu...

Apia, SAMOA — Former Member of Parliament Aveau Niko Palamo and ex-bureaucrat Velda Collins have condemned attempts in Brisbane to attack Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi.
The P.M., who flew to Australia early in the week on the inaugural Samoa Airways’ Faleolo to Brisbane service,...

Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Police Service has appealed to the public for assistance in locating a young girl.
Roite Tinei of Toamua-Uta, 15, was last seen on Thursday and left her family home around 4.00 pm and is yet to return.
The Samoa Police Service has appealed to the public for assistance in...

Apia, SAMOA — In Samoa Malietoa Fa'amausili Moli has been charged with carrying a dangerous weapon.
The Samoa Observer said this followed an incident at his Fagali'i residence last month, when a gun was allegedly discharged.
A Courts Administration official said Malietoa Fa'amausili had been...

Apia, SAMOA — The Ministry of Health has advised that for the first time since 2012, two new cases of the H.I.V. virus have been detected in Samoa.
The two patients who tested positive for the virus—which over time can lead to Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (A.I.D.S.)—have begun treatment. ...

Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, says reporters “don’t understand” financial records and therefore there is no need for Samoa Airways to reveal the state of its financial performance a year after it was launched.
This is what Tuilaepa told the Samoa Observer at the...

Honolulu, HAWAII — (HawaiiNewsNow) - If you’re flying to the mainland with Hawaiian Airlines in the near future, expect to pay a little more if you plan on checking in any bags.
Hawaiian announced Tuesday that it’s hiking its checked bag fees for North America flights by $5 to $30 for the first...